Why We're Different
See how we compare to other pastebins — built for readable sharing, exports, and real-world workflows.
Most pastebins stop at plain text in a box. Paste is built for how people actually share technical content today — with formatting, diagrams, exports, and optional accounts.
Readable by default
Markdown is rendered with headings, tables, code blocks, and Mermaid diagrams — not just monospace in a textarea. Code pastes get real syntax highlighting in the editor and on the view page.
Exports that work
Need a PDF for a client or Word for a colleague? Export includes rendered diagrams and structured content, not a screenshot of a textarea.
Flexible ownership
Paste anonymously and still find your work under My Pastes in the same browser. Sign in with Google when you want your pastes on every device — no forced registration upfront.
Sharing options
Full page for context, body-only view for clean embedding, raw text for APIs, QR for mobile, and clone to fork content into a new paste.
Honest security model
Unlike zero-knowledge pastebins, content is encrypted at rest with server-side keys so features like admin moderation and analytics remain possible. Passwords, expiry, burn-after-reading, and safe rendering protect everyday sharing without pretending the server never sees content.
SEO-friendly, paste-private
Marketing pages and the home page are indexable; individual paste URLs use noindex so your
shared content stays out of search results by default.